Defeated Sri Lanka by a record margin, yet  Rohit Sharma regrets

India defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of runs. Team India defeated the Lankans by a huge margin of 317 runs and set a world record. Along with that broke fifteen years old history. This win by a huge margin of 317 runs is the record for the highest win in ODI cricket history. India now owns this record by whitewashing the Lankans. Last Sunday’s Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram witnessed this incredible victory of India.

India secured the series victory by winning two matches in the three-match ODI against Sri Lanka. Last Sunday, even in the regulation match, the bats of the Indians were on fire. Batting first, India set up a mountain of 391 runs in front of Sri Lanka. But Sri Lanka could not cross this mountain of runs. On the same pitch where Virat Kohli – Shubman Gilla were on fire with the bat, the Lankans’ bats collapsed on the same pitch. Chasing a target of 391 runs, they were bowled out for just 73 runs.

No team had won by such a huge margin before India’s record margin win over Sri Lanka. Kiwis had the record of winning by the highest runs so far. New Zealand won by a huge margin of 290 runs against Ireland in 2008. This was the record for the highest run win so far. In 2015, Australia won against Afghanistan by a huge margin of 275 runs. Then South Africa won against Zimbabwe by 272 runs. And to top all of them, the world record is now in possession of India.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, who played a role in building India’s mountain of runs, became the owner of a personal record on the day of India’s record. He scored his 74th career century by playing an unbeaten inning of 166 runs against Sri Lanka. It was against Sri Lanka that Kohli scored his 73rd century in Guwahati.

However, Indian captain Rohit Sharma is regretting even after India’s record margin of victory. Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Sirajrs completely collapsed Sri Lanka’s batting. During Sri Lanka’s batting, England’s swing and Australia’s bounce filled their bowling. But Rohit’s regret is about Siraj. Rohit tried his best to get Siraj 5 wickets. But in the end, Siraj got 4 wickets.

Rohit helped Siraj in many ways to complete 5 wickets. Siraj appealed for LBW on the last ball and the umpire gave him out. But became not out in the review. Seeing Siraj, it was clear how anxious he was to take the fifth wicket. And at the end of the match, Rohit regretted it. He also said that he tried everything to give 5 wickets to Siraj. But unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Fans congratulated Team India after this record win.